I’m really, really rusty when interviewing. I’ve been dinged on a much higher percentage of interviews than I have in the past.
Mind you, on one of them I just gave up in the end when I realized that they were jokers.
I’d encapsulate that part of the logic. I’d write it once and unit test the heck out of it.
When that answer isn’t good enough / the right way to do things, it’s time to realize that it’s probably not a place I want to work anyway.
Update – 2007-03-08 08:45 – After I wrote this, one firm semi-un-dinged me, they’d like to bring me back for a 2nd round, in part due to some of the blog entries here.